ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has approved a strategy to bar the Tax Evaders and bank defaulters from taking part in the next General Elections in the light of articles 62 and 63 of the Constitution.
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| Thursday, February 14, 2013 From Print Edition |
In this regard, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Wednesday assured full cooperation to the Election Commission.
Within a week, the governor of the State Bank and FBR chairman will similarly Attend a meeting here at the Election Commission Secretariat to thrash out a workable mechanism of scrutiny of nomination papers to close the doors on defaulters to contest the elections.
The Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) recently shared a startling information With The ECP That in 2011 some 70 percent had not paid Parliamentarians Their taxes. Media reports have Also Suggested That Majority of Legislators does not pay taxes and several of them are bank loan defaulters.
It is interesting to note thatcommission is planning to write a letter to former law minister Senator Dr Babar Awan to seek the names of Politicians with dual Nationalities so That They Could be barred from contesting the upcoming elections.
Awan had an interview with CLAIMED in The News that there. Were Still many in Pakistani politics Dual Nationals Who Were Still sitting as Ministers and advisers, The Most sensitive handling matters of the Pakistani state.
According To sources, the ECP members Discussed the matter in a meeting on Wednesday and Decided to seek the names of Dual Nationals from the former minister so That Could be The Necessary Process Initiated Against Those Who Were Still sitting in the current parliament DESPITE having dual Nationalities .
The sources maintained That the action was Also Aimed at stopping the candidates from contesting future elections, as According To Article 63 of the Constitution, dual Nationals are disqualified to do so.
However, According to experts, the ECP's fresh move would not Affect many powerful people who are currently working on key posts in the country as They are outside the jurisdiction of the commission.
For example, Dr Asim Hussain, who is Also a Canadian citizen and heads the ministry of petroleum as adviser to the prime minister, would continue to play a key role in the country's affairs as there is no law to disqualify him from his current post.
Also There are many Nationals working in dual civil and military bureaucracy on key posts According To experts.Last year, the Supreme Court of Pakistan had disqualified 11 Lawmakers on the basis of dual Nationalities. The disqualified members included National Assembly members Zahid Iqbal, Farahnaz Ispahani, Farhat Mehmood Khan, Malik and Jamil Ahmad, and Muhammad Akhlaq provincial assembly members, Muhammad Ashraf Chohan, Nadia Gabol, Wasim Qadir Chaudhry, Chaudhry Nadeem Khadim, Amna Buttar and Dr Ahmad Ali Shah.
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